Legal Opinion

Estabrook v. King

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 6, 1941No. 11871, 11872PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

The District Court, on two separate habeas corpus applications, denied petitioner’s right to a release from the United States Hospital for Defective Delinquents, at Springfield, Missouri, -and he has appealed to this Court. We ordered the appeals consolidated for hearing, and directed that the matter be submitted on briefs.

In 1926, petitioner was convicted of mailing, and causing to be delivered, pancake flour mixed with arsenic, to a judge of one of the state courts of Missouri, in connection with the latter’s consideration of the marital difficulties of petitioner and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Douglas v. KingCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
  2. In Re Boardman, Applicant on Behalf of DurrantSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. Mothershead v. KingCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
  4. Harrison v. KingCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
  5. United States ex rel. McNeill v. AvisCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Adkins v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Dorsey v. GillCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
  3. Donnell Douglas v. Maurice H. Sigler, Warden, Nebraska Penal ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
  4. Williams v. SteeleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1952
  5. State ex rel. Scott v. BolesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1966

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